Vessel hit 60 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the latest reported attack by movement.

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.

There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.

Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.

  • ultranaut@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Saudi Arabia seems the least likely to be puppeteering the launch of Iranian anti-ship missiles from Houthi territory of those three countries. There’s easier ways for them to raise oil prices, and they aren’t exactly allies with the Houthis.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Are they the least likely, though? SA-loaded cargos on Chinese and other non-Western ships are being explicitly allowed by the Houthis, despite many those cargoes being destined for Europe and America (the countries being tagged due to their support of Israel). SA has even come out as saying they have zero shipping restraints currently because the Houthis are effectively supporting them.

      They stand to gain a huge profit from having their competitor’s oil flows through the only optimal shipping channel restricted. So even if they are not directly selling weapons or supplies to the Houthis, they’re sure as shit facilitating it by, at a minimum, turning a blind eye to however the Houthis are getting said supplies.